Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, go here.

Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force:

Subcommittees

 * Environmental Health & Regulation Subcommittee
 * Agriculture Subcommittee

Co-Chairs

 * David Wolkins (R-IN), Public Sector Chair
 * Martin Shultz (Senior Policy Director, Government Relations Group, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and formerly Vice President of Government Affairs, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation ), Private Sector Co-Chair

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is a corporate law firm with offices in Albuquerque, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix, Reno, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe and Washington D.C. In 2010, Open Secrets shows that the firm's PAC raised $329,335 and spent $157,239 on House and Senate politicians. Individual donors, mostly employees, gave $160,879 to the PAC.


 * Tom Moskitis (Managing Director of External Affairs, American Gas Association ), Private Sector Co-Chair

The American Gas Association is a coalition that represents natural gas-- or "fracking"-- companies. AGA has 501(c)(3) status and actively lobbies for pro-drillings legislation in state and federal government. "Fracking"-- or hydraulic fracturing, for natural gas has been linked to polluting the wells of the people living near drill sites. The AGA PAC spent a total of $435,142 in political contributions in 2010.

Corporate, Trade or Other Group Members

 * Russ Harding (Senior Environmental Analyst and Director of the Property Rights Network, Mackinac Center for Public Policy)
 * Jennifer Mendez (Director, Government Affairs, Carpet and Rug Institute), Chair, Environmental Health & Regulation Subcommittee
 * Donna Gehlhaart (Senior Government Relations Manager - State Public Affairs, International Paper)
 * John Stephenson (former State Government Affairs Manager, National Taxpayers Union; 2011 Director of the ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force, a staff position), former member of the Energy, Environment & Agriculture Task Force
 * National Taxpayers Union
 * Center for Tenth Amendment Studies
 * Center for Energy and the Environment

Staff

 * Clint Woods, Director
 * Bryan Weynand, Legislative Assistant